“It has been an honor and privilege for me to have been regularly provided with so many opportunities to participate in this most meaningful and compassionate of community endeavors.”
Brad Sachs, PhD
For Clinicians
The Pro Bono Counseling Project is a non-profit organization that links professionals in the community with those who need but cannot afford mental health care. The Pro Bono Counseling Project volunteer clinicians are the foundation of the organization, and we sincerely thank the 1,339 licensed and insured mental health professionals who have participated since our inception in 1991. Nearly 800 clinicians are actively receiving at least one referral annually. During this past year alone, these clinicians donated 5,487 hours of therapy; a value of at least $505,000, totaling $4,500,000 during the past seventeen years.
1,339 clinicians have registered with the Pro Bono Counseling Project.
- 649 are licensed clinical social workers
- 29 are licensed graduate clinical social workers working with supervision
- 339 are licensed clinical psychologists
- 87 are licensed psychiatrists
- 152 are licensed clinical professional counselor
- 83 are licensed advanced practice nurses
Many of these clinicians have taken more than one case during the past year. Sixty-seven of these clinicians speak twenty-one foreign languages including Sign.
Clinician Participation:
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If you are not already enrolled with us, please consider accepting one or two Pro Bono Counseling Project referrals per year of individuals or families who are motivated to receive mental health counseling but cannot afford treatment.
The Pro Bono Counseling Project staff understands that your volunteer time is valuable.
Our staff clinicians will thoroughly screen prospective clients for financial eligibility and presenting problems so that we can determine which cases to refer to participating clinicians. We make every effort to screen requests so that your pro bono cases are with clients who are ready to make a change in their lives.
We know that most clinicians have been doing pro bono work for years. However, your volunteer time with the Pro Bono Counseling Project will be documented. Your donated time will be available to your professional association to use for legislative purposes. Toward that goal, we encourage you to refer to us requests for pro bono care that you receive.
More than 3,200 families and individuals were referred to the Pro Bono Counseling Project this year, doubling the number of referrals received just 5 years ago. With the increase in requests, we must increase our roster of clinicians so that we maintain our policy of never having a waiting list. Also, when more clinicians participate, the cases can be distributed more equitably throughout the community so that no one clinician is overburdened with non-paying cases.
Please enroll now to help those in need by volunteering your professional clinical services for the Pro Bono Counseling Project »
